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have been employed with success by several practitioners, 
and 1 have also obtained good results from them. Diuretics 
have likewise been beneficially resorted to by me, and 1 do 
not know to which of the two to give the preference. The 
purgative should be given a couple of days before the 
expected parturition, so as to be able to repeat the dose in 
case the first has no effect. Diuretics are administered in 
small, repeated doses several times a day, from six to ten 
days before parturition. Venesection and dieting have, as 
preventives, given no satisfactory results. 
The author concludes by giving a description of his most 
recent cases, which only tend to confirm his opinion. 
First case, November 10th.—Vitulary fever (puerperal fever) 
declared itself in a middle-aged cow of the Dutch cross¬ 
breed. She M as in middling condition; had calved the even¬ 
ing before without difficulty. Reactionary fever M'as very 
strong, in consequence of m hich she was bled from the 
jugular vein ; a dose of sulphate of soda with emetic-tartar 
Mas given in a decoction of linseed, and repeated from hour 
to hour. Aloetic injections M 7 ere throMn up, and dry clothing 
applied. On the 11th no perceptible change had taken 
place: coma more pronounced, and fever of reaction; the 
same agents ordered as before, every two hours; continue 
injections, &c. 12th.—Great amelioration; the torpor has 
entirely disappeared ; the cow begins to feed ; expulsion of a 
quantity of urine has taken place ; but the violence of the pulse 
continues. The decoction of linseed to be given as before, 
likewise the injections. Towards night the animal got M’eaker, 
and succumbed about two o’clock the next morning. Autopsy. 
—The brain and its envelopes M ? ere perfectly intact; the peri¬ 
cardium exhibited traces of violent inflammation, but the 
interior of the heart Mas healthy. In the abdomen there was 
nothing abnormal, M’ith the exception of the uterus, M'hich 
presented traces of violent inflammation, and the cotyledons 
w r ere in a state of gangrene. 
Second case was a six-year-old com 7 , indigenous breed, very 
fat, an excellent milker; had calved the night before the last 
M'ithout difficulty ; the pulse M as very full and accelerated, 
but no decided coma. Venesection M 7 as resorted to to the 
amount of seven pounds, and the same medical treatment 
adopted as in the other case. On the following day great 
amelioration had taken place, and an abundant secretion of 
urine; an inclination to feed M’as manifested. The decoctions 
and injections were continued, and the same sloppy food M'as 
allowed. On the next day she Mas dismissed, cured. 
Third case, on 11th of November, same day as the last 
